@Doug ********

Bit naive Doug me thinks. There are from what I have been told many farangs who use visa agents and have done for years.

@Adonis **********

The marriage visa gives you twelve months the same as the retirement visa extension. Both are non immigrant 'O' visa, but one is based on marriage, the other one retirement.

@Adonis **********

No that is for a marriage visa. If you want a retirement visa extension you need either 800,000 THB in a Thai bank account in your name. Or 65,000 a month pension paid into your Thai bank and proof it's a pension. Or a combination of pension plus money in your Thai bank account that is equal to 800,000 per annum. So if you have 400,000 pension, then you only need 400,000 thb in your Thai bank and proof for any of these scenarios that the money comes from outside Thailand. Other than this, as some have suggested as long as your over 50 and have some sort of income then agents can sort it for you.

That is if your not married to a Thai, in which case as has been stated you need 400,000 THB in a bank account in your name. Also to clear up a point regarding health insurance. You only need health insurance if your applying for an A-O visa in your home country. If you get a twelve month extension to a three month non immigrant 'O' in Thailand you do not at this moment need health insurance.

@Des ********

There's another way that is easier than the hard way 800k, that is a combination of gross annual pension and if it doesn't come to 780,000, which is twelve months@ 65,000 a month pension, then the 800,000 figure can be a combination of annual pension plus cash in Thai bank account that added together come to 800,000 THB. Example 400,000 annual pension, plus 400,000THB in Thai bank account in your name.

Also if you apply for any type of visa and the application is refused, there's no refund.

In Singapore if you overstay by a day, they treat you like your a criminal, but that's Singapore for you.

Three day overstay will cost you 1,500 baht. Visa extension will cost you 400 baht more. Not worth the hassle, just get an extension.

I went to Penang and got a visa, but it was a very long time ago. The process was very easy and efficient. Applied in afternoon, stayed overnight, picked passport up following morning.